Households headed by a retired person make up 8.3% in Donazac, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.4% of residents are 15 to 24 here. There were 53 households in Donazac at the 2023 Census, home to 110 residents. 6.9% of homes are flats. Lower than in 95% of compared French towns: 3.8% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Aude median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Donazac
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Donazac, 14% of its 87 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (25%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Donazac (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Donazac’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Donazac: 25% of homes stand empty, above 99% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
By its share of second homes (14%), Donazac is above 90% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
+12% since 2012, a pace 75% of compared French towns didn’t match
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
In two steps, +11% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Aude.
A median age of 52.5: Donazac is older than 90% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Donazac 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 29% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 76 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Donazac sits below 86% of compared French towns for couples with children (17%)
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households make up 33%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
33% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 90% of compared French towns, at 17%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Foreign nationals make up 16%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 90% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Donazac. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 70% of compared French towns: 25%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Here 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 110 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than Donazac: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Donazac
What is the population of Donazac?
110 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (98).
How old are Donazac’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Donazac?
12, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Donazac?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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